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Open Educational Resources: Advantages & Disadvantages

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Open educational resources (OERs) are teaching and learning materials that can be freely used and reused without permission. OERs are available in the public domain or have an open license allowing reuse as long as the creator is attributed. Examples of OERs include textbooks, courses, images, and videos. OERs provide access to educational resources for free, saving students money while allowing universal access to education. However, the quality of OERs can be harder to determine and concerns exist regarding long-term funding and access to necessary equipment.

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Trees from books from trees by Mazarine CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Traci Taylor Librarian at Bellingham Technical College

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What are open educational resources? Open educational resources (OER) resources that are available to use freely without getting permission to use them. They are available with “no strings attached”. OERs are either available in the public domain, or they have an open license. Any open license allows people to use and repurpose the source without requesting permission, but attribution needs to be given. There are several different open licenses that grant different permissions for use of the resources. Some of the OERs include, but are not limited to, are textbooks, courses, images, videos, articles, to name a few. These resources are available to anyone, anywhere, to use at no charge.

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 Access to quality educational resources  No cost to students – saves money  Education is provided to everyone  Prospective students can learn more about a course  Available to use freely without getting prior permission

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 Quality of resource is harder to determine  Creative Commons licenses are non-revocable  Sustainability of OERs over time – concern about cost of future funding  Access of equipment is not available to everyone  Cost to maintain equipment

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Open Educational Resources: Advantages & Disadvantages

  • 1. Trees from books from trees by Mazarine CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Traci Taylor Librarian at Bellingham Technical College
  • 2. What are open educational resources? Open educational resources (OER) resources that are available to use freely without getting permission to use them. They are available with “no strings attached”. OERs are either available in the public domain, or they have an open license. Any open license allows people to use and repurpose the source without requesting permission, but attribution needs to be given. There are several different open licenses that grant different permissions for use of the resources. Some of the OERs include, but are not limited to, are textbooks, courses, images, videos, articles, to name a few. These resources are available to anyone, anywhere, to use at no charge.
  • 3.  Access to quality educational resources  No cost to students – saves money  Education is provided to everyone  Prospective students can learn more about a course  Available to use freely without getting prior permission
  • 4.  Quality of resource is harder to determine  Creative Commons licenses are non-revocable  Sustainability of OERs over time – concern about cost of future funding  Access of equipment is not available to everyone  Cost to maintain equipment